Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:56 pm on 7 February 2017.
First Minister, yesterday, the economy Secretary kicked off a week of job announcements with the outstanding news that the BBI Group is consolidating and expanding its UK manufacturing operations onto a single site in Crumlin, in my constituency, at the Border Technology Park. This is, in great part, thanks to a Welsh Government grant of £1.8 million, and this considerable investment will see this BBI employment in Wales increased—almost doubled—by 2020, and it will provide excellent and quality career opportunities in the south Wales Valleys region, fostering closer links to the scientific academic community, and it will provide a significant boost to the local economy. First Minister, isn’t this further evidence that the Welsh Government intends to distribute economic prosperity across Wales? And when can the First Minister next come to Islwyn to celebrate this excellent news?